Wellington Regional Council

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Wellington Regional Council, branded as Greater Wellington Regional Council, is the regional council overseeing the Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island.[1]

A proposal made in 2013 that nine territorial authorities amalgamate to form a single supercity met substantial local opposition and was abandoned in June 2015.[2]

The governing body of the regional council is made up of 13 councillors, representing six constituencies:[3]

  • Pōneke/Wellington – 5 councillors
  • Kāpiti Coast – 1
  • Porirua-Tawa – 2
  • Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt – 3
  • Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt – 1
  • Wairarapa – 1
Position Name Constituency Ticket
Chairperson Daran Ponter Pōneke/Wellington Labour
Deputy Chairperson Adrienne Staples Wairarapa Independent
Councillor Glenda Hughes Pōneke/Wellington The Wellington Party
Councillor Roger Blakeley Pōneke/Wellington Independent
Councillor David Lee Pōneke/Wellington Get Wellington Moving
Councillor Thomas Nash Pōneke/Wellington Green
Councillor Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Independent
Councillor Prue Lamason Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Independent
Councillor Josh van Lier Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Green
Councillor Ros Connelly Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt Independent
Councillor Jenny Brash Porirua-Tawa Independent
Councillor Chris Kirk-Burnnand Porirua-Tawa Independent
Councillor Penny Gaylor Kāpiti Coast Independent

Chairs[]

Daran Ponter, the current GWRC Chairperson
Name Term Constituency
1 Mervyn Kemp 1980 1986 Tawa
2 Stuart Macaskill 1986 2001 Upper Hutt
3 Margaret Shields 2001 2004 Kapiti Coast
4 Ian Buchanan 2004 2007 Wairarapa
5 Fran Wilde 2007 2015 Wellington City
6 Chris Laidlaw 2015 2019 Wellington City
7 Daran Ponter 2019 present Wellington City

Regional parks[]

The council administers several regional parks.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Legal notices". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ Michael Forbes and Caleb Harris (9 June 2015). "Wellington super-city scrapped due to lack of public support". The Dominion-Post.
  3. ^ "Council and Councillors". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Wellington Regional Parks". gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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